FRACTAL INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT

Find each of the following on the Internet, and write down what you found out. Hint: You may want to begin by getting into MathSearch, a searchable index for mathematics. List the address at which you found your information.

1. Definition of a Fractal:







2. Mandelbrot Set:







3. Julia Set:







4. Self-symmetrical:







5. Fractals in the real world:








6. Koch Snowflake:







7. Sierpinski's Triangle:







8. Chaos game:







Now choose one of these topics on which to write a one-page essay. Create some sort of visual display that you can present to the class.


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